Jan142008

Windows Server 2008 Volume Activation 2.0 and KMS

Volume Activation (VA) 2.0 is designed to automate and manage the activation process while addressing the piracy and product key management problems associated with Volume License Keys (VLKs) issued for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Volume Activation 2.0 eliminates the use of product keys at installation and enables better protection and management of customer-specific product keys through some new and enhanced activation management tools. All installations of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 must be activated.

The Key Management Server (KMS) is used to establish a local activation service (Key Management Service) that is hosted locally/internally in your environment. Use of the KMS eliminates any need for individual machines to connect to Microsoft to activate.

A KMS key is used to enable/activate the Key Management Service on a KMS server/host machine. A KMS server/host can run natively on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and even Windows Server Core 2008. Computers running volume license editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 are KMS clients and try to locate the KMS server/host using one of the two methods:

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